OJ306 What is in a name?

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Dočekal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Ludmila Veselovská, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Hoskovec, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Timetable
Mon 18:20–19:55 A46
Prerequisites
Basic syntax course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to understand the most important problems from the area of syntax and semantics of noun phrases. Students will be able to actively apply methods of formal syntax and semantics to data from Slavonic but also other Indoeuropean languages. Students will acquire insights into current theories of formal semantics and generative grammar.
Syllabus
  • This course is all about noun phrases, their syntax and semantics. Methods: generative grammar and formal semantics. Keywords: constituent structure of NP, semantics of proper names and predicates, indexicals, reference.
Literature
  • Neale, Stephen (1990). Descriptions. Massachusetts, Mass.: MIT Press.
  • Diesing, Molly (1992). Indefinites. Massachusetts, Mass.: MIT Press.
  • de Hoop, Helen (1992). Case Configuration and Noun Phrase Interpretation. Groningen: Grodil.
  • bude průběžně zadávána při výuce
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Lectures. Student must write a paper on an assigned topic to successfuly complete this course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Určeno především pro posluchače FF MU
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2008.
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